Suspended adjustable chair or seat



.(No Model.)

H. s. PBGK. SUSPENDED ADJUSTABLE CHAIR OR SEAT.

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HENRY S. PEOK, OF CURRY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDED ADJUSTABLE CHAIR OR SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,665, dated September 25, 188

- Application filed February'lil, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. PEOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corry, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspended Adjustable Chair or Seat; and I do hereby declare the following to be -a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention consists in providing a new and improved suspended adjustable chair or seat.

The nature, object, and scope of this invention will appear from the following description and claims.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows: q

Figure 1 is a perspective, showing the chair in position'for sitting upright. Fig. 2 is a side view, and shows the chair in position for reclining. Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the chair in about the same position as in Fig. 1, with the foot-rest turned up to serve as a table in front of the occupant.

The device is specially intended to serve as a baby-j umper or childs' chair; but it can be made large and serve for adults as a recliningchair or hammock.

It consists of aseat part and a back part, which are jointed together, and the suspending devices, and it is provided with an adjustable foot-rest.

A is the back and B the seat parts, which are hinged together so that they may be placed at different angles to each other.

The suspending devices consist of the side ropes, H H, the sheaves G G, the cords y g, and the back brace or stay CD, which is made extensible.

The side ropes, H H, are fastened on the made in the backstay C D, the side ropes, H

H, will move slightly in the sheaves and take up a proper position. The back-stay is made of two pieces offlat metal, 0 D, of which 0 is provided with an embracing-clip, c, and a slot, 0, and the other, D, is provided with a clamping-screw, E. This stay is hinged to the top of the back A, and loops onto the ring f. Figs. 1 and 2 fully illustrate the result of any change in the length of this back-stay. The back-stay being rigid, the chairv is held firmly in whatever position it is put, and will not tilt forward if the weight of the occupant is brought forward on the seat, as it would if that stay were a cord.

The foot-rest I is connected to the bottom B of the chair by slotted side pieces, I, and clamping-screws '5 on the chair, in the slots in the pieces I, enable the adjustment of the footrest at any point or at any angle desired, and it can be turned up, as seen in Fig. 3, and serve as a table in front of the occupant, or to hold a child in the seat.

I am aware that swings have been made with the seat and backlpivoted together and supported by adjustable parts, but am not aware that any device has been provided with cords H and g, which operate substantially as set forth.

What I claim as new is- 1. A suspended adjustable chair consisting of the combination, substantially as shown,

of the following elements: the parts A and B, hinged together as shown, the side ropes, H H and g g, and the adjustable rigid backstay 0 D. I r

2. A suspended adjustable chair consisting of the combination, substantially as shown, of thefollowing elements: the back A and seat B, hinged together as shown, the suspending-ropes H H and g g, the sheaves G G, and the adjustable rigid back-stay O D.

3. In an adjustable suspended chair, the combination, substantially as shown, of the following elements: the back A, seat B, and foot-rest I I, jointed together as shown, the side cords, H H, sheaves G G, cords g g, and the adjustable rigid back-stay O D.

4. In a suspended adjustable chair, the combination, with the seat B, of the adjustable frame I I, adapted, as shown, to serve as In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in a foot-rest or turn up in front of the occupant, presence of two witnesses. for the purposes named.

5. In an adjustable suspended chair, the HENRY S. PECK. 5 combination, substantially as shown, of the back A and seat B, jointed together, the side \Vitnesses:

ropes, H H and g g, and an adjustable baek- J NO. K. HALLOOK, stay, substantially as shown. ROBERT H. PORTER. 

